Tsotso Surname

329,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Tsotso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tsotso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa9531:56,8507,218
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Uganda401:975,98242,738
Nigeria351:5,061,222131,727
Zimbabwe251:617,53046,943
India91:85,229,487684,495
Lesotho71:290,36515,938
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
China21:683,660,78330,601
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Tsotso (232) may also be a first name.

Tsotso Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Tsotso Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Tsotso (Georgian: ცოცო, Russian: Цоцо, Tibetan: མཚོ་མཚོ་) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tsotso? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 329,664th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,483,582 people. The last name Tsotso occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Tsotso reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 588,797th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 232 people.

Tsotso is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 953 people, or 1 in 56,850. In South Africa Tsotso is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 60 percent live, Western Cape, where 17 percent live and Gauteng, where 16 percent live. Besides South Africa this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.

Tsotso Last Name Statistics demography

Tsotso earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.53% less than the national average, earning R 115,176 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tsotsos92838/
Tsotsou92307/
Tsotsoo925/
Tshotso924/
Tsotsho922/
Tsotsop921/
Tsoso9156/
Tshotsho86922/
Tsoutsos86292/
Tsoutsou86130/
Tsotsios8629/
Tsiotsos8621/
Tsiotsou869/
Tsoitsoo861/
Tsoitsoi861/
Tsoutsop861/
Tsotsa831,073/
Tshoso83149/
Tsosho8337/
Tsosso8311/
Tsiotsios80441/
Tsouytsou801/
Tsoutsa77391/
Tsotsas7757/
Tsotsha778/
Tsetsio774/
Tshosho774/
Tsotsap771/
Tsotdzo771/
Tsiotsa771/
Tsosoup771/
Tsotzos771/
Tsousso771/
Tsetsuo771/
Tsiostsios754/
Ts'ots'ots751/
Tsosa73109/
Tsozo7337/
Cotso7313/
Tsaso731/
Tsoutsas71790/
Tshotsha71192/
Tsoutsia7177/
Tshatsho7153/
Tsiotsia7142/
Tshetsho7127/
Tsatsios7121/
Tsoutseu711/
Tsoussou711/
Tsousouh711/
Tsosttsa710/
Tsatsa671,869/
Tsodzo67873/
Tshosa67624/
Tjotjo67341/
Tsutsa67282/
Zhotso67130/
Dzotso67109/
Tsetsa6798/
Tshozo6776/
Csocso6728/
Tsiosa6725/
Chotso6725/
Cotsho6715/
Ts'osa679/
Tsauso675/
Tzotzo675/
Cotsoh673/
Tsotza672/
Zotsho672/
Tsocho671/
Thsosa671/
Tsasos671/
Cootso671/
T'Sosa671/
Tsozoo671/

Tsotso Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tsotso in the Georgian language
ცოცოtsotso-
Tsotso in the Tibetan language
མཚོ་མཚོ་tsotso-
Tsotso in the Russian language
Цоцоcoco-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tsotso
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